The last of three portraits of great 19th-century prima donnas In words and music by Peggy Branford with Angela Down as Adelina Patti (1843-1919) Narrator Nigel Anthony
'I think,' wrote Patti, 'I was born trilling."
Certainly she was a vocal phenomenon. At the age of seven she was lifted onto a table and sang one of the most exacting arias In the repertoire, 'Casta Diva'from
Bellini's Norma. She was 16 when she made her operatic debut. In Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and from then on, for more than 40 years, she thrilled audiences with the brilliance, purity and charm of her singing.
With DOUGLAS BLACKWELL, JOHN LIVESEY , DAVID MARCH JOHN RYE, IRENE SUTCLIFFE Producer ALAN HAYDOCK